EED2601 NOTES
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CONTENTS
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LEARNING UNIT 1: KEY IDEAS AND DEBATES ON ISSUES
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 1
1.1 THE HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 1
1.1.1 From nature/outdoor studies to conservation education
to environmental education 1
1.1.2 From environmental education to education for
sustainable development 7
1.1.3 From millennium development goals to the united
nations decade of education sustainable development to
the sustainable development goals 12
1.2 THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES IN
THE ANTHROPOCENE 14
1.2.1 Environmental issues 14
1.3 TIMELINE OF KEY HISTORIC
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS INFLUENCING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION 19
1.4 SUMMARY 22
LEARNING UNIT 2: RESPONDING TO CHANGING LEARNER
AND LEARNING NEEDS AND CONTEXTS IN
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 23
2.1 DIVERSITY OF LEARNER AND LEARNING NEEDS 23
2.1.1 Different learning styles in EE 23
2.1.2 Multiple intelligences in EE 24
2.2 DIVERSITY OF CONTEXTS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PRACTICE
(EDUCATION ABOUT/IN/FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT) 26
2.3 SUMMARY 26
LEARNING UNIT 3: APPROPRIATE STRATEGIES FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN DIFFERENT
CONTEXTS 27
3.1 CONSIDERATION OF HISTORICAL AND
CONTEXTUAL ASPECTS IN EE PROCESSES 27
3.1.1 Wildlife conservation in parks and nature reserves in
southern Africa: the relationship between people and parks 27
3.1.2 Climate change effects in Southern Africa 28
3.1.3 Alien invasive plants in South Africa 28
3.2 EVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION STRATEGIES
FOR DIVERSE CONTEXTS AND THEIR
EFFECTIVENESS (THEORETICAL, PRACTICAL
AND EXPERIENTIAL) 29
3.2.1 Choice of EE methods 29
EED2601/1 (iii)
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© 2020 University of South Africa
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Printed and published by the
University of South Africa
Mucklneuk, Pretoria
EED2601/1/2021–2025
10000747
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HSY_Style
, lOMoARcPSD|8683608
CONTENTS
Page
LEARNING UNIT 1: KEY IDEAS AND DEBATES ON ISSUES
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 1
1.1 THE HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 1
1.1.1 From nature/outdoor studies to conservation education
to environmental education 1
1.1.2 From environmental education to education for
sustainable development 7
1.1.3 From millennium development goals to the united
nations decade of education sustainable development to
the sustainable development goals 12
1.2 THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES IN
THE ANTHROPOCENE 14
1.2.1 Environmental issues 14
1.3 TIMELINE OF KEY HISTORIC
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS INFLUENCING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION 19
1.4 SUMMARY 22
LEARNING UNIT 2: RESPONDING TO CHANGING LEARNER
AND LEARNING NEEDS AND CONTEXTS IN
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 23
2.1 DIVERSITY OF LEARNER AND LEARNING NEEDS 23
2.1.1 Different learning styles in EE 23
2.1.2 Multiple intelligences in EE 24
2.2 DIVERSITY OF CONTEXTS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PRACTICE
(EDUCATION ABOUT/IN/FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT) 26
2.3 SUMMARY 26
LEARNING UNIT 3: APPROPRIATE STRATEGIES FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN DIFFERENT
CONTEXTS 27
3.1 CONSIDERATION OF HISTORICAL AND
CONTEXTUAL ASPECTS IN EE PROCESSES 27
3.1.1 Wildlife conservation in parks and nature reserves in
southern Africa: the relationship between people and parks 27
3.1.2 Climate change effects in Southern Africa 28
3.1.3 Alien invasive plants in South Africa 28
3.2 EVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION STRATEGIES
FOR DIVERSE CONTEXTS AND THEIR
EFFECTIVENESS (THEORETICAL, PRACTICAL
AND EXPERIENTIAL) 29
3.2.1 Choice of EE methods 29
EED2601/1 (iii)
